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Vol. 46 -No 2
BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1917
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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and ew cent per word thereafter. Cash
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FOR SALE
FOR SALE Good logging sled.
II. T. Seaver, Barton. 2tf
FOR SALE Homemade harnesses
at Fletcher's. Orleans. 45tf
FOR SALE Retail milk business
at Orleans. Maurice Brennan, Or
leans, ltf
FOR SALE 10 shoats, also grade
Guernsey bull calves. E. S. Kelley,
Tel. 123-13, Orleans. 48tf
FOR SALE Two registered Jer
sey bulls, ready for service. H. C.
Cleveland & Son, Coventry. 50-3p
FOR SALE Nearly new com
bined churn and butter worker.
Capacity 150 pounds. C. M. El
dridge, Irasburg. l-4p
FOR SALE Blacksmith's busi
ness with tools and good stock,
good location and business. Shop for
sale or rent. W. P. Messier, Evans -ville.
2-4p
75 Cords of Slabs at 75c. per cord
at Brownington mill. Man at the
farm will measure them. Good sugar
wood. The E. L. Chandler Co. 45tf
FOR SALE One Olds gasoline en
gine and saw rig, new last winter. In
perfect condition. Credit given for
good note. Inquire of Joe Kettle or
GS.Dodge, Orleans. 1-2
FOR SALE Seven-eighths Hol
stein bull, coming two years old, well
marked. Good work mare, eleven
years old, weighing 1200. Price right.
Top sleigh, been run very little, good
express traverses, nearly new. H. B.
Chamberlin, Irasburg. lw
FOR SALE 2 canthooks, 40c each;
crosscut saw, $1.00; nearly new, up
holstered sleigh, $25; single harness,
$2; express harness, $8; four stoves,
prices $5, $3, $2.50 and $1; new wag
on or sleigh pole, $8; horse blanket,
$1; 2 picks, 40c each. Call on F. W.
Baldwin, Barton. 1-2
WANTED
WANTED Live poultry. Elrick,
Barton. 18tf
WANTED Green wood. Henry
Gay, Barton. ltf
WANTED Sound, clean sacks. R.
P. Webster, Barton. 38tf
WANTED Hand spinners. Rolls
taken home to be spun, cash. Bar
ton Woolen Millt tf
WANTED Spruce, fir, basswood
and hemlock logs. W. E. Hanson,
Barton. ltf
WANTED Stockroom man to dis
tribute tools. Must be familiar with
making of inventories, etc. Refer
ences required. Good wages. U. S.
Chrysotile Asbestos Co., Lowell. 2-4
WANTED Salesmen to solicit
orders for lubricating oils, greases
and paints. Salary or commission.
Address Lincoln Oil Co., Cleveland, O.
lwp
WANTED Woman to do general
housework and cooking for. five peo
ple in private house. Running water,
telephone, etc. Good salary. Refer
ences required. U. S. Chrysotile As
bestos Co., LowelL 2-4
VENEER LOGS WANTED We
pay $17.00 per M ft. for good veneer
logs, 14-inch and up, basswood, maple,
birch, beech and elm and $13.00 per
M ft. for 12-inch andl3-inch logs fit
for veneer, delivered at our mill, Or
leans, Vt. We also buy logs loaded
on cars within 30 miles of Orleans.
The E. L. Chandler Co. ltf
MISCELLANEOUS
NEW WALTON'S REGISTERnow
on sale at this office. 45tf
Registered Berkshire boar for ser
vice. Geo. F. Reed. lw
Now is the time to buy your sugar
wood at Irasburg mill. Good slabs,
$1 per cord. Call for Homer Seavey.
The E. L. Chandler Co. ' 45tf
WISH TO BUY Back files of cur
rent periodicals such as the "Out
look," "Literary Digest," "Review of
Reviews," or other informational
magazines. B. A. & Graded School
District. 51-2
LOST
LOST Signet ring, letter "A."
Reward if returned to Monitor office.
52tf
LOST Brown m u ff between
Pierce's store and Buckley's home.
Please leave at Post office. lwp
TO KENT
TO RENT Store, vacant Jan. 20.
Inquire E. B. Willey, Orleans. 51-3
TO RENT Tenement. Electric
lights, bath, etc. R. P. Webster, Bar
ton. 46tf
Singing School Tonight.
The second session of the old-fashioned
singing school will be held at
the Gem theatre tonight with L. A.
Edwards of Newport, leader. Tickets
are $1 for the course and young and
old are invited to come.
More than 30 ticket holders were
Dresent last week and more are com
ing. An organization was perfected
by electing officers as follows: Wal
lace H. Gilpin, president; F. W. Cut
ting, secretary; Rev. I .A. Ranney,
treasurer. Tickets may be secured
of Mr. Cutting.
Expiration of Subscriptions.
Several hundred Monitor subscrip
tions expired on January 1. Renew
als have come in so rapidly and there
are so few who have not renewed that
the office has been unable to correct
its list for the mailing of this issue.
Before another issue, however, all
names will come from the list who
have not renewed. The Monitor has
some exceptional things in store for
its readers in the near future.
Let us say a word about magazine
and newspaper clubs. The Monitor
has for years ordered for any of its
readers such papers and magazines
as they desired at cut rates. As an
example of what we are doing let us
cite our orders for a few magazines
and papers in the past ten days only.
In that time we have ordered for our
subscribers and saved every one of
them money, 14 Boston Journals, 12
Mirror and Farmers, eight Boston
Posts, nine Thice-a-Week Worlds,
seven Ladies' Home Journals, seven
N. E. Homesteads, seven Woman's
Home Companions, five Christian En
deavor Worlds, five Boston Records,
and scores of other magazines and pa
pers. If you have not renewed your pa
pers, and magazines we shall be glad
to quote rates on any list or any
single subscription. If you have re
newed remember us next year.
BARTON LOCAL NOTES
C. H. Blood has been quite ill.
Miss Mary Patrick has been quite
ill.
Mrs. C. M. Hagar is ill .with the
grip.
V. F. Hunter is working for A. A.
Larabee.
Miss Pearl Robinson is teaching in
Danville.
Judge and Mrs. W. W. Miles have
returned to Bennington.
Mrs. H. E. Paige visited friends in
Lyndonville last week.
W. W. Reirden was home from
Montpelier over Sunday.
Mrs. J. M. Elliott was a business
visitor in Newport Friday.
Gustavus Burdick was home from
St. Johnsbury over Sunday.
Miss Lillian Robinson returned to
her school in Boston Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. True were vis
itors at J. F. Batchelder's Sunday.
Miss Mary Wheeler visited Mrs.
Carl Dwinell in Orleans last week.
Frank Paddleford has just finish
ed a large plumbing job in Lowell.
Mrs. S. C. Wilcox and daughter of
Morgan are visiting Miss Colburne.
Mr. and Mrs. Azro Hawkins are
spending a few days in St. Johnsbury.
Miss Kathleen Blake, who has scar
let fever and chicken pox, is doing
well.
The Woman's Literary club meets
with Miss Bernice Hamblet this eve
ning. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Williamson
spent .Sunday at Mr. Stephenson's in
Lowell.
Mrs. George Fisk, who has been
quite ill the past two weeks, is slowly
improving.
Mrs. Mary Dutton visited her sis
ter, Mrs. A. D. Chandler, in Orleans
Saturday.
W. Burns Garvin of the Monitor
force spent the week-end at his home
in Richford.
Mrs. W. M. Wright has been as
sisting in the C. P. Jenness store for
a few days.
Miss Ethel Elliott has returned
from a visit in Springfield and
Holyoke, Mass.
Miss Eva Baxter is in Coventry
caring for her sister, Mrs. John Wells,
who is seriously ill.
Mrs. G. C. Lang has been spending
several days in Sutton, the guest of
Mrs. B. H. Fairbanks.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Massey
spent last week with Mr. Massey's
parents in Hardwick.
Elisha Randall of Craftsbury, is
boarding at the Crystal Lake House
and calling upon old friends.
Mr. and Mrs. T. P; Johnson of
Craftsbury were visitors at H. D.
Phillips' the last of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace H. Gilpin are
in Boston and other southern New
England points for a few days.
About 40 Improvement club mem
bers and ladies were present at a card
party at the club rooms Friday eve
ning. Mrs. F. D. Pierce, grand matron of
the Order of Eastern Star, is in Con
cord this week visiting the chapter
there.
Mrs. Mary Neagle of Lyndonville
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Peter Cota,
who has been ill with a severe attack
of grip. '
Pomona Grange Meets at Irasburg.
The Pomona Grange will meet with
the Irasburg Grange Jan. 18. In
stallation of officers.
To Taxpayers of Barton Village.
It seems to me desirable that the
taxpayers of the village of Barton
should know that by a recent vote of
the school board, Alumni hall the
cost of maintenance of which is paid
for by the taxpayers of the village,
is not available for the legitimate and
sole use of the pupils of Barton acad
emy. Anyone desiring further particu
lars may obtain them from the under
signed. H. W. Carter.
January 8, 1917.
Congregational Church Notes.
Rev. W. A. Warner, Pastor
Sunday, Jan. 14.
10.45, Morning service.
12.00, Sunday school.
6.00, Christian Endeavor meeting.
"Ought," (pledge meeting), Ps. 50:
1-15. Leader, Viva Potter.
7.00, Evening service
The members of the First Congre
gational church and also the society
of said church of Barton will meet
at the vestry tomorrow evening at 6
o'clock p.. m., to hold the annual
church meeting and also hold a meet
ing of the society to act upon busi
ness. At 6 o'clock there will be a
good supper furnished by the ladies
of the church. Later will come the
regular business meeting and roll
call. The society will hold a special
meeting at the conclusion of church
meeting to elect one trustee to fill a
vacancy and to see if the society will
vote to elect a committee of three to
have charge of keeping up the choir
and music for services of the church;
if so to elect same.
The missionary society are sewing
and preparing to send a barrel to
West Tampa, Fla. This suburb of
Tampa has a population of 10,000,
mostly Cubans. There are probably
2,000 children of school age, and the
public and private schools provide
for about 500. These Cubans, with
out church attachment, with 1500 chil
dren lacking school privileges, con
stitute an impressive appeal for mis
sionary service. The mission has be
sides a school, an orphan home for
boys and one for girls. Both the
dormitories need every type and kind
of supply that mind can conceive.
Bring your ten cents for the Ver
mont Missionary to the annual meet
ing Thursday evening.
Mrs. Charles Copeland and daugh
ter, Vivian, of West Burke were vis
itors at H. G. Perley's Friday and
Saturday. '
Harlan Nye and son, Charles, of
Derby have been spending several
days with Mr. Nye's mother, Mrs
Abbie Nye.
Drew's Ladies' Specialty Shop,
Newport. Sale of high-class mer
chandise commences Saturday morn
ing, Jan. 13. adv.
Willard Goodro has been staying
with his aunt, Mrs. Frank Hardy, in
Orleans during Mrs. Goodro's ab
sence in North Troy.
Rev. I. A. Ranney and Rev. W. A.
Warner left Monday night for Boston,
for a few days' stay.. They expect
to hear Billy Sunday.
Mrs. E. H. Alexander of Roby, N
H., and Mrs. Edith Lockwood of Bel
lows Falls were guests of Mrs. Delia
Willson the past week.
Miss Ida M. Newcity of Montgom
ery and Romeo L. Forque of Morris
ville were married at the parsonage
Jan. 4th by Rev. Wilmond Warner.
Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw of
Bellows Falls, have been recent
guests of Mrs. Shaw's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Smith for several days.
A party of young people went to
Orleans Wednesday night, having
supper at the Valley House, attend
ing the movies and snowshoeing
home.
A. R. Robinson was unable to be in
his store the first of the week on ac
count of illness. Kimble Page has
been taking his place on the order
team.
Mrs. A. M. Vercoe, who underwent
an operation at Miss Austin's sani
tarium recently, has so far recovered
that she has returned to her home on
Main street.
The regular meeting of the After
noon Study club will be held in the
rooms of the Improvement club
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. C. A.
Barrows as hostess.
The members of, the Industrial club
met with. Mrs. O. A. White Wednes
day afternoon and spent the evening
with Mrs. M. E. Willis. The evening
was pleasantly spent playing games.
Wesley Chappell, who bought the
table business on Water street some
time ago, has moved into a tenement
in H. R. Cutler's house on Church
street, recently vacated by Burton
Wing.
Donald Smith, nephew of M. J.
Smith, died in Northfield Sunday
night., Dec. 31, after a year's illness.
Mr. Smith formerly lived in Barton
and was a man of fine character, ac
tive in the Good Templar's lodge and
a prominent Mason.
The following letters remain un
called for at the postoffice. Please
say advertised when calling for these
letters. Mrs. Charles Bowers, Mrs.
Alice Enerson, Miss Ernestine Ran
LEGISLATURE ORGAN
IZED AND AT WORK.
Gates and Graham Give Strong Mes
sages. Orleans County Well Rep
resented in Organization:
The Vermont general assembly con
vened at Monpelier Wednesday of
last week for its 1917 session. In the
House, Hon. Guy W. Bailey, secretary
of state, called the body to order at
10 a. m., Rev. Fraser Metzger, the
member-elect from Randolph, offered
prayer. Credentials showed 242 mem
bers present. There were three ab
sentees and one member-elect has
died since election (Daniels of West
more.) For speaker of the House Rev. Fra
ser Metzger of Randolph put in nom
ination Stanley C. Wilson of Chelsea,
Republican. J. E. O'Sullivan of Col
chester, Democrat, was nominated by
Park Pollard of Chester. The ballot
resulted in 211 for Wilson and 27 for
O'Sullivan.
Harry A. Black of Newport was
elected clerk . by acclamation. He
named as assistant clerks Roswell
Austin of St. Albans and Julius Wil
cox of Montpelier.
For chaplain of the House the bal
lot resulted: Rev. J. E. Wills of Wa
terville, 146; Rev. P. C. Manger of
Windsor, 20; Rev. Edgar Crossland of
Barre, 65.
In the Senate, H. S. Peck of Tur
lington and A. W. Foote of Middle
bury withdrew from the contest for
president pro-tempore and W. H.
Fairchild of Fairfield was elected.
Guy M. Page of Burlington was cho
sen secretary. Miller C. Taft of Bur
lington is assistant secretary and
Rev. M. W. Farman of Westfield is
chaplain.
Governor Gates' farewell address
delivered in joint assembly Thursday
forenoon was well received. In the
message the governor commended
the various state departments and of
ficials of his administration, calling
attention to the convenience afforded
Vermont citizens by having the gov
ernor's office at the state house opened
continuously. He advised an added
appropriation for the new state build
ing, that the interior finish may be in
keeping with other buildings.
Under insurance there is a recom
mendation that the state assume a
portion of its insurance premiums on
state buildings and deposit the sav
ing in a sinking fund.
The state prison administration is
praised for its humanitarian treat
ment of inmates. The industrial
school at Vergennes is also the'recipi
ent of generous praisel
The industrial accident board in 18
months has handled ,781 cases and
(Continued on Page Three)
dall, Mrs. Mary E. Rogers, Mrs. Pearl
Warner, H. B. Daniels, W. G. Hin
man, Ed. King, E. H. Vancour 2, S.
T. Wheeler.
Frank A., Amos M., and Harry M.
Scott of St. Johnsbury visited their
father, N. M. Scott, Thursday, the oc
casion being Mr. Scott's 80th birth
day. Mr. Scott with his three sons
and daughter, Myrtie (Mrs. F. C.
Browning) Mr. Browning, and grand
daughter, Miss Marie Browning, took
dinner at Hotel Barton. Mr. Scott is
a very active man of his years.
A very pleasant meeting of the W.
C. T. U., was held with Mrs. P. L.
Webster Tuesday afternoon. The
meeting opened with scripture read
ing by the president and prayer was
offered by Mrs. Eddy. Roll call was
responded to with "Why I Favor Pro
hibition;" paper, "Individual Respon
sibility for Law Enforcement," Mrs.
I. A. Ranney; reading, "Pledge with
Wine," Mrs. Daisy Baldwin. The
meeting closed with the W. C. T. U.
benediction. Twenty members and
two visitors were present.
BROWNINGTON CENTER
Roland Randall is working for Max
Porter.
Several in this vicinity are ill with
severe colds.
Mrs. Blouin of Sheffield has been
visiting at Collins Lacourse's.
The little son of Thomas Smith has
been very ill with pneumonia.
Mrs. Lena Kettle has returned from
the hospital at St. Johnsbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Ara Vadnais are re
joicing over the birth of a son. -
Miss Lucy Campbell of Orleans
visited at P. G. Stone's Friday.
Thomas Smith was home from his
duties at Montpelier over Sunday.
Mrs. Hibbard of Montreal is car
ing for her daughter, Mrs. Vadnais.
Lawrence and Arthur Labounty of
Irasburg spent Sunday with their
uncle, J. H. Currier.
The. body of Mrs. Maria Going, for
merly of this place, was brought here
from Newfane Wednesday of last
week and placed in the family lot.
The Jr. O. U. A. M., held a public
installation and oyster super Wednes
day evening, Jan. 3. A very pleas
ant time was enjoyed by all. The
following officers were installed:
Councillor, L. N. Lund; vice council
lor, F. E. Newton; recording secre
tary, G. E. Dutton; assistant, Max E.
Porter; financial secretary, H. H. Le
land; treasurer, T. G. Crandall; con
ductor, Frank Clark; warden, E. M.
Porter; inside sentinel, Maynard Dut
ton; outside sentinel, E. J. Caron;
chaplain, A. M. Lang; junior past
councillor, P. G. Stone.
BROWNINGTON
Mrs. L. L. Sanborn, who has been
sick for several weeks with heart
trpuble, is improving.
Notice.
The selectmen of the town of Bar
ton will meet at the town clerk's of
fice Thursday, Jan. 25th, 1917, at 10
o'clock a. m., for the purpose of settling-all
outstanding accounts. Any
one having any account against the
town should present it at that time.
The board of civil authority will meet
at the town clerk's office in Barton
Friday, Jan. 26th, 1917, at 10 o'clock
a. m., for the purpose of abating tax
es.
F. L. Hall,
H. A. Cleveland,
E. C. Miles,
Selectmen.
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New Comity Game Warden.
C. H. Atkins of Westmore has been
appointed by State Commissioner J.
W. Titcomb to be county fish and
game warden for the year 1917. A.
D. Beede of Orleans held this office
last year.
Late Legislative News.
At Monday evening's session com
mittee appointments were made. In
the house Orleans county men were
given assignments as follows. W.
W. Reii, i of Barton was the only
county man given a chairmanship.
Prouty of Newport, corporations and
franchises, military affairs and ways
and means committees; Reirden of
Barton, chairman of the minor courts
committee and on the judiciary com
mittee; Wright of Coventry, agricul
ture and public buildings committees;
Martin of Westfield, penal institu
tions committee; Cheney of Albany,
state and court expenses and com
merce and labor committees; Taylor
of Derby, conservation and education
committees; Buck of Charleston, ed
ucational institutions committee; Co
burn of Jay, appropriations commit
tee; Miller of Troy, suffrage and
elections committee; Phillips of Iras
burg, state institutions and general
committees; Taylor of Greensboro,
fish and game committee; Johnson of
Craftsbury, highways and bridges and
federal relations committees; Miles
of Glover, library and minor courts
committees; Gray of Morgan, mileage
committee; Smith of Brownington,
taxation committee; Parker of Low
ell, municipal corporations ' committee ;
Demick of Holland, temperance com
mittee. Orleans county senators were ap
pointed as follows: Senator Adams
of Derby, chairman of the minor
courts committee and a member of
the committees of educational insti
tutions, federal relations, mileage and
debentures and temperance. Senator
Russell of Irasburg was assigned to
the chairmanship of the committee of
military affairs, and is a member of
the general committee, the public
buildings, suffrage and elections com
mittees. Joint resolution introduced by Sen
ator Russell of Orleans giving use of
representatives hall Thursday evening
for the purpose of having Rev. M. W.
Farman deliver his lecture upon
"Light in Darkness," before mem
bers of assembly and people of Mont
pelier, has been adopted.
Mr. and Mrs. William Reid are the
parents of a daughter, born Jan. 5.
Mrs.Moore of Evansville is caring
for Mrs. Reid and daughter.
E. S. Kelley and G. A. Going at
tended the Maple Sugar association
meeting in St. Albans last week. Mr.
Going also visited his son in Enos
burg, and Mr. Kelley visited his two
sons in St. Albans.
Mrs. Georg Litchfield had the mis
fortune to break one limb recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Litchfield started for
Westmore to attend a funeral and
when about a mile from home tipped
over and in some way her limb was
broken.
Fred Going from Bridgewater, Mrs.
Irving Alexander t)f Roby, N. H., and
Mrs. Delbert Lockwood from West
minster were at G. A. Going's last
week. They were here to attend the
burial of their mother, who died at
the home of Mrs. Lockwood.
EVANSVILLE
Sam Kettle has gone to Charles
ton to work.
Mrs. Henry Trescott has been quite
sick the past week.
Arthur Grow of Hardwick visited
his father, L. Grow, this week.
There will be a social dance at M.
W. A. hall Friday evennig, Jan. 19th.
Burnie Wilson and family of Or
leans visited W. J. Montieth's New
Year's.
Ed. Town and family of Newport
visited at W. J. Montieth's New
Year's day.
A. E. Tracy's son, who has been
sick for a long time, was taken to a
hospital near Boston last week. His
sister and a physician went with him.
Mrs. E. H. Alexander and sister
from New Hampshire were in town
last week calling on friends. They
came with the remains of their moth- J
er, Mrs. George Going.
The annual donation and oyster
supper will- be held at the church
Tuesday, Jan. 16. Rev. Mr. Edwards
of Newport, one of our entertaining
speakers, will give his lecture, "Wish
bone orj Backbone."He also has mu
sical talent and will favor us by sing
ing. All are cordially invited to at
tend. WILLOUGHBY
Miss Mildred Drown visited rela
tives in Lyndonville recently.
Arthur Waterman has moved his
family here from Greensboro and is
working for A. J. Annis.
St. Johnsbury Lad Mysteriously Shot.
A mysterious shooting occurred in
St. Johnsbury Friday which cost the
life of Franklin Carpenter, 16, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Carpenter.
The boy ate his dinner with the rest
of the family and then went to the
rear of the house to shovel snow.
When his mother went to call him for
school she saw her son standing in
the snow with a rifle pressed against
his right side and cried out in alarm-
She rushed out of doors but before
she reached the boy he had fallen. He
spoke but once after she reached his
side, pronouncing the single word
"help." Mrs. Carpenter heard no re
port and is not certain whether the
shot was fired before she saw him
from the window or after.
A physician was summoned, but the
boy was dead when he arrived. Thci
bullet had passed through his liver
and the doctor stated that death was
probably almost instantaneous.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter are mysti
fied over the shooting. They did not
know the boy had any worries and it
was stated at the academy, where he
was a student, that he had had no
trouble at school. His parents did
not know he had a rifle in his posses
sion, he having borrowed it from a
neighbor's son. They are inclined to
think the shooting was accidental.
The boy was a member of the South
Congregational church, was a Boy
Scout and a member of the choir of
the church. Besides his parents he
leaves a sister, Gladys, also a student
at St. Johnsbury academy, and a
younger brother, Walter.
Methodist Episcopal Church Notes.
Rev. I. A. Ranney, Pastor
You are cordially invited to attend
all services.
Sunday school, 12 o'clock.
Epworth League, 6 o'clock.
Evening service at 7 o'clock.
Morning worship, 10.45.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening
at 7.30.
At the annual meeting of the Sun
day school board Thursday evening,
Rev. I. A. Ranney presided, and the
following officers and teachers were
elected: Superintendent, Charles Mc
Farland; assistant superintendent,
Alden G. Owen; secretary, M. H.
Brunning; treasurer, Bert J. Jenness;
organist, Mrs. Bessie Adams; librar
ian, Margaret Scott; superintendent,
primary department, Mrs. Nellie
Ranney; assistant superintendent,
Miss Margaret Scott; pianist, Miss
Esther Brunning. Mrs. Blanche
Webster continues as teacher of-Class
1; Ruth Burnham of Class 2; Annie
Wright of Class 3; Lillian Mason of
Class 4; Esther Brunning of Class 5;
Mrs. Ada Webster of Class 6; Mrs.
Cora Jenness of Class7; Miss Ruth
Freeman of Class 8; Mrs. Barbara
Brunning of Class 9; Mrs. A. R.
Cowles of Class 10: A. R. Wakeman
i of Class 11; A. G. Owen, Class 12;
Mrs. Addie Godding, Class 13; M. H.
Heath, Class 14; and Rev. A. B.
Blake, Class 15.
The excellent reports of our secre
tary and treasurer Sunday, brought
to light many interesting facts con
cerning the school, not the least of
which is the fact that it is out of
debt and Starts the New Year with a
clean slate.
Through the untiring efforts of our
superintendents, Mr. McFarland and
Mrs. Ranney, the Sunday school is
enjoying a period of good attendance
and prosperity. This is especially
true of the primary department un
der Mrs. Ranney's management, with
her corps of able assistants,
The church service Sunday was the
observance of the Lord's supper. The
number of communicant was un
usually large, and the impressive ser
vice seemed to take a deep hold on
the hearts of all who participated in
it. This is the Lord's table and those
who habitually absent themselves
from this sacred service are missing
one of the most important and help
ful means of grace.
Two persons united with the church
in full membership and one was re
ceived on probation.
The prayer meeting will be held
Thursday evening as usual. A cor
dial invitation is extended to every
one. The annual meeting of the Wo
man's Alliance will be held Friday
afternoon at four o'clock. Supper
will be served to the ladies at 6
o'clock. Each lady is asked to fur
nish for the table without further
solicitation. -
Miss Hazel Wells of Orleans and
Miss Gale Forrest of Barton spent
Sunday with their uncles here.
Eli Grondin has hired the tenement
of H. B. Orcutt and is skidding and
drawing the . lumber from the Gray
farm for Dr. Hastings.
Hodgdon and Labounty have moved
their families into the Mary Gray
house recently purchased by Dr.
Hastings. . ,
HOLLAND
Mearl Grey has been on the sick
list.
Bessie Collins visited her sister re
cently, Hollis Stone is very sick at this
writing.
Oscar Sykes and Pearl Gibson are
home from Island Pond. ,
Ruth Hall came home Tuesday
after several weeks', absence.
Gladys Grey entertained her Sun
day school class Friday evening.
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B. A. NOTES
The subject for our next debate, to
be held the evening of Jan. 19th, will
be, Resolved that the United States
shall declare war on the Central Pow
ers. The supporters of the affirma
tive side are to be Henry Cutler and
Lee Emerson, those of the negative,
Walter Metcalf and Neil Gardner.
Rehearsals for the Junior play,
"The Dream that Came True," have
begun in real earnest. The cast is a
large one including nearly the entire
class. The Juniors are working
earnestly on the preparation of the
play and everything seems to indicate
a successful production. The date of
the play is unsettled, but it is hoped
that the play will be ready by the
last of February.
CALENDAR OF SCHOOL EVENTS.
Boys' Basket Ball Team vs. Orleans
at Barton Jan. 15
Debate Jan. 17
Boys' B. B. Team vs. Richford at
Barton Jan. 18
Mid-year Examinations Jan. 18-19
Boys' B. B. Team vs. Derby at Derby
Jan. 26
Boys' B. B. Team vs. Craftsbury at
Craftsbury Feb. 2
Sophomore Reception Feb. 7
Boys' B. B. Team vs. Richford at
Richford Feb. 9
Boys' B. B. Team vs. Craftsbury at
Barton Feb. 12
Norwich University Concert Feb. 14
Boys' B. B. Team vs. Orleans at Or
leans Feb. 19
Boys' B. B. Team vs. Derby at Bar-
ton Feb. 21
Washington's Birthday, half -holiday
Feb. 22.)
Freshman Reception
Barton Academy
Graded School
March 14
March 16
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Vacation begins
School opens Monday
Training Class Reception
School Outing (about)
Memorial Day, holiday
April 18
May 23
May 30
Commencement Dates
Baccalaureate Sermon, Sunday
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June 10
Junior Reception to Seniors
June 11
June 12
Class Day
Grammar School Graduation June 13
High School Graduation June 14
School closes June 15
Alumni banquet June 15 1
Clip the schedule of events and
keep for reference.
TRAINING CLASS. NOTES
Miss Willson and Miss Evelet
members of the training class of z
year, called on the present ck
Thursday morning.
Miss Patrick "was" unable ' to attenc
school Friday on account of illness.
The day was profitably spent in ob
servation work.
The members of the class certainly
envy Miss Cameron one of her Christ
mas presents, which was a large box
of pecans from the high school in
Louisiana, to which she wrote asking
for products. But Miss Cameron very
kindly divided her gift and each girl
had a heaping handful of delicious
nuts.
Thursday afternoon Mr. Erwingave
the members of the training class a
very instructive and entertaining
demonstration of the manipulation of
the lantern and stereotype views. He
suggested that they would be very
useful in our school in conection with
the geography work and also useful
if we wished to give entertainments in
the rural schools. In showing these
slides electricity is used almost en
tirely but Mr. Erwin showed us how
to substitute gas for electricity, and
so be able to give views in the small
rural schools. Mr. Erwin's collec
tion of slides consists of beautiful and
rare scenes of Vermont, also illustrat
ed lectures about different industries.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Kenneth, 19-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carroll Towers of Barnet,
died Monday at Brightlook hospital.
The boy fell Sunday afternoon while
playing on the ice near his home and
fractured his skull. He was taken to
the hospital for an operation but it
was of no avail as a blood vessel had
burst on the brain.
Bona Lachase, age 12, one of the
four children of Modeste Lachase,
who were injured Sunday in St Johns
bury when they slid under an automo
bile driven by Jack Bertrand, sus
tained a fracture of the left hip, in
addition to the fracture of the left el
bow as first stated. Germain, al
though suffering from numerous con
tusions, was reported as ganing, and
it is expected she will be able to
leave the hospital in a short time.
Loretta. also badlv bruised about the
body, is improving. Romeo was not
injured except for the shock. Ber
trand, the driver of the automobile,
received such a shock that a nhvsi-
cian had to be called for him.
NORTH TROY
J. W. Reirden has purchased of Mrs.
E. G. Gardyne the residence on the
easterly side of the river known as
the Widow Wing place.
Paul C. Annis returned to Burliner-
ton Monday night after a two weeks'
vacation at the home of his parents.
He has a position with the Sherwin
Electric company of that city.
W. R. Dailev of Greenville. Me..
was in town over Sundav. H is
treasurer and sales manager of the
Jiair veneer company at that place,
and was formerly superintendent of
the same concern here.
It is understood that Ernest Root
is soon to open a grocery store in the
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